Playing this game in High School was such a highlight. These characters felt like genuine friends, and the game felt like an entire anime worth of content. It was a gaming experience that will never be replicated.
The original Persona 4 is not only my comfort game, it practically saved my life when I was in a very dark place. P4G encouraged me to buy a Vita, and apart from a couple voice acting changes, it very much became the definitive version for me.
I picked up P4G shortly after beating P5R last October and I KNEW it wouldn’t have the same gameplay and visual quality, BUT, I ended up loving it and I personally loved it more than P5!
5 literally just attempts to copy paste p4 with a new story. It doesn't do everything better than 4 and ends up feeling like they tried a bit too hard to do so. 4 feels far more genuine and natural in the end. 4 has better music, it's not even close I won't argue, 5 went way too far with the big band type of tracks that aren't exactly the best. Also characters, 4 has it beat by miles
@@jonathansoko1085 very subjective stuff, saying the music isn't even close is kind of a wild one though tbh. P5r music is fucking fantastic, and definitely comparable in quality. I think as a whole package I prefer it 5r also just has gameplay beat in 4g by a huge amount. I can understand liking 4 more but let's not pretend 5 is "not even close"
P4 ending hit me harder than any of them. That last scene at the train station ruined me. It really was like saying goodbye to my best friends what with the crying and the background music. The post game depression is real.
It wasn't the same in P5. By the time that ended everyone on the team is telling you about their plans to move on. It's like, damn they won't miss Joker like the P4 team missed Yu 😂
I have to thank Matty again for getting me into JRPGs. Has was the one whom convinced me to play Persona 5 Royal and I loved it it took me around 110+ hours to complete. Started it back in October and finished it in the first week of January. I started Persona 4 day before yesterday and I'm enjoying it already. Thank you so much, Matty! These games came to me in a time when I needed them the most but you were the one who turned me onto them. Love you, Matty! PEACE!!
I'm following a streamer who started playing P5 in the April of last year, and he's playing it until today, my guy has 182 hours into the game and he just finish Arc 6 (AKA Sae's palace).
Played this after high school when my friendships faded and I was working 70 hours a week a 2 different gas stations. I didn't have much of a social life outside of my gf (now wife). THESE CHARACTERS. My god, so amazing. These were my friends in a time I really needed some. Played it entirely during work LOL. What an experience. My favorite JRPG ever. Still the best Persona IMO. Great video! I'm trying not to replay P4G with all the games coming out lol
I feel so happy when people love this game as much as I do. This game is so special to me I can't put it into words, like you said when the game was done and the credits rolled I felt like I lost friends and I have never felt that feeling in any game ever again. This game helped me through some tough times ngl, remember you are loved and you do matter :)
Even if it’s not your thing you gotta respect the fact that they released it at only $20. They could’ve easily charged us $30 or even $40 with how things are nowadays. Also it’s a super clean update! Smooth 60fps too. Looks great on handheld not to mention on the OLED.
@@jamilgonzaga7081 Considering they disgraced and insulted Persona 3 and its fans for over a decade, "passionate" might not be the most fitting term. Also, Atlus did not make P4Golden Port and neither P3P port.
I remember starting persona 4 when I first started college. Still my favorite persona game, and it became one of my favorite series of all time. Resisting the urge to buy this game for the 4th time lol
My favorite game of all time, started off with the PS2 and then golden. I’m playing it again, and oh man it’s like being wrapped up in a warm blanket and all I can describe with this is just extreme happiness… I love this game so much
I started it like a week and a half before reload was out, and when it launched I hadn't finished it yet so I couldn't really get into P3, I continued playing P4 until I finished it and I believe it's one of the best games I've played.
I played this on vita release at work in break times and my gamer friends thought it was super weird but were also deeply interested in it and thought it was insane 😂. It’s funny how persona has become pretty much mainstream now. It was a weird game for geeks back in the day.
Haven't even started the video yet, but the answer is YES, this game is the GOAT. It's the first Jrpg I ever played, and really changed my life in a number of positive ways. Can't wait to see you talk about this one, because I know you've mentioned it's one of your all time favorite games. Let's GOOO!
This video inspired me to play this game on Xbox over 3 weeks ago and I just finished it. Thank you Matty, this was truly an amazing recommendation. One of the best jrpg’s I’ve played hands down.
I'm playing through this game for the first time right now (my first Persona game too), and I feel like I'm experiencing it at the perfect time in my life. I graduated high school back in May, and I'm in my second semester of college, so it's not exactly the same, but I can really get behind the themes of self acceptance and discovery throughout adolescence. Certainly helps that it's just a fun game in general! I was originally considering getting P5R as my entry to the series, but I'm glad I waited for Golden to be ported to modern consoles.
Honestly, the simpler fighting mechanics honestly brings this home for me because I felt like with all of the things that you had access to especially by persona 5 Royal even on the hardest difficulty it was a cakewalk I like one or two shot the final boss I'm pretty sure.
Vanilla Persona 5 is harder than Persona 4 in Hard Mode. It was made in response to the strong critique to Persona 4 by hardcore fans in Japan first and in the west later, since the game originally dumbed everything down to make it more accessible compared to Persona 3, one of the most hardcore games ever made.
I started playing persona this year through gamepass thanks to your videos. I started with P5R and absolutely fell in love, to the point that I really believes has changed my life. I played around 80 hours and unfortunately it left gamepass and I wasnt able to finish it. So I decided to start P4G until P3Reload hits gamepass and OMFG!!! At start it was a little difficult to adapt after P5R bur holy damm the story and characters are sooooooo amazing. I truly believe I am falling in love even more with P4G than P5R. So much fun and addictive.
This was my first persona and made me LOVE the series. The premise of a murder mystery in a small town intrigued me. And boy it did not disappoint. The music is SO GOOD too. Atlas just knows how to make good RPGs ❤️
I can't believe you stopped at "that part"! And you're exactly right, even if you stopped the game right there, it's still a great game! I think it was by luck I made the right decisions my first playthrough.
Thanks for getting me into this game when it came to steam in 2020. One of my absolute favorite games ever now. Also made me reflect on my own high school experience
I made the same mistake. Thankfully it only took me 2 months to realize it. P4G is one of my favorite games of all time. Also the true ending made tear up.
@@paulmiller7838 wow I didn’t even know what this series was until P5 I saw a RUclipsr stream it then my cousin gameshare it with me and the rest is history lol
Great video as always Matty! I’ve never thought about it until now for some reason (maybe because this game is so narrative based) but it’d be nice to hear a “spoilers” version of your thoughts on this game as well as others. I’d love to hear what you think about certain characters towards the end of the game, the story, and well, the ending as a whole :)
I honestly feel like playing this game improves my diligence. This game really invigorated my drive to study Japanese and I’m enjoying reexperiencing the game in Japanese this time although I love both dubs.
Saw it was on sale for 11.99 on switch e shop and picked it up. Currently feeling myself becoming obsessed. Such a good feeling to just be getting into a masterpiece. I never thought I could top my excited that I felt for NieR Automata but thankfully this game is filling the void for me 😊
21:31 this is literally the moment im dreading. I'm in January rn on p4g and the tone of the game shifting with the music change (snowflakes) is really hitting home that the journeys almost over, that all these characters I've grown to love are on set time until the protag leaves for spring. Finishing school and hearing the snowflake ost with the text reading "the day you leave for the city draws closer and closer, you should make memories with everyone" really breaks my heart. This is the kind of game i would kill to play again with no prior memories of it.
Thank you for showing the manual. I wish I had it now finally getting around to playing P4 Golden on Vita. I'm having a hard time keeping up with the enormous amount of things you're supposed to do. The dungeon I'm in (I think it's the second one) is very hard. The enemies jumped in difficulty a lot all of a sudden and I don't understand how I'm supposed to gain exp/levels since there is a time limit on the story. I'm actually feeling anxiety about it instead of enjoying it like everyone says I should be. I hate to look up a guide right at the beginning of the game. Everything else about it is really great like you say in the video. The game is incredibly well written and I don't mind the look and feel of the dungeons. It's really this idea that time is progressing with everything I do and I have to get the dungeon done by a particular day or I'll lose everything I've worked for that I don't understand.
I never really appreciated the music in a game when I was younger but that all changed with Persona 5. That is the best soundtrack in a game I have ever heard and the same is said for Persona 5 Strikers. Years later I find myself jamming to the songs on RUclips. Persona is one of my all time favorite franchises
I played persona 5 and persona 5 Royal on my ps5. Yesterday my steamdeck came in and I couldn’t decide what game to get first. I saw persona 4 golden and just had to give it a try
I just finished the game on Vita, the characters and story are the most charming and endearing I’ve ever experienced ! Playing Dancing right now and the soundtrack slaps incredibly hard, again probably the best soundtrack I’ve heard
My intro to the series was P5 but P4G was the first one I beat. Having it on the vita was so vital to why I beat it before P5. Now P5R is on the switch and I’m close to beating it after so many years of attempting to beat it. The P4G soundtrack absolutely bangs and Heartbeat Heartbreak was my most listened to song last year.
How you’ve described Persona 4 is how I’ve been feeling while playing Persona 5 Royal. (I still haven’t finished it yet but I’m in the true ending content) It makes me excited to experience Persona 4 for the first time!
My wife bought me p4 golden and a ps vita, back then we were just dating. It easily became one of my favorite games. And one of the first signs that she was perfect because she knew me and what I liked
I'm actally super new to Persona, played 5r, strikers, and 4g now. Loved the video and can say that it's def not retro goggles making this game seem amazing. Was a pleasure getting into it
I like Trails of Cold Steel's Social Link system better from a narrative perspective, since the characters lives go on without you, so you don't have stuff like Yusuke's art exhibition being scheduled around whenever you get around to becoming buddies with him. I do wish that you got enough relationship points to do all the relationship events in one playthrough without needing to be in New Game Plus, though.
I first played this game during covid pandemic, the really fun, or ironic thing was that the pandemic came just when I was on my 2 second year of High School, just as the guys in the game, I felt really immersed in the story, like I was part of it, and it felt like a compensation for not being able to live that year in presence while we were on online classes, one of my favourite games of all time, never wanted to left Inaba, it just hit like no one before… It changed my life, and how to face up the truth, even if it hurts, this was my entry to the persona series. The persona games are just a type of game that comes to you when you need them, a change a lot your life, givin you different perspectives, I dunno, it’s not just a JRPG, It feels real
persona 4 may be my least favorite of the main 3, but it has my favorite cast of characters, Inaba feels like a second home, and it’s the game in the series that makes me the most happy. i loveeee this game
I started with 5 and while I do like a lot of the quality of life changes in that game and the generally flow of combat. The atmosphere and tone of 4 is just the best.
P3 for the Story, P4 for the Characters and P5 for the gameplay. I love them all for different reasons but they're all great. Even the older ones are great.
holy shit this game is incredible. i haven’t completed either of my playthroughs of p5 and p5 royal, but i just started up p4 on a whim and it connected with me so much more than p5. p5 is excellent, but the vibes here just appeal to me more. p4 golden will def go down as one of my favorite games
HahaHa I laughed out loud when I saw all those versions of Persona 4, like, I have it on PS4 and Steam but I had no idea there were that many versions, even when knowing about the P4 fighting game. I never got into Persona until 5 I admit. I was more of a Kingdom Hearts Final Fantasy kind of fan, and I guess you would think I'd get into this series back then as well but I didn't pick it up til Persona 5, and I do appreciate them doing this so I can go back and play Persona 4 and even 3! Great video man thank you!
There are also the Shin Megami Tensei games if you like persona. I'm also a newer fan and heard about them, they're pretty similar but a bit darker story wise
Many years ago I watched a Playstation Access video. I want into rpgs back then. So I didn't mind a spoiler for this game. It haunts me to this day. I've put off playing it because I know the big bad. Just got it on switch, so hopefully the journey isn't spoiled by the spoiler.
P4 is my favorite game ever, and it introduced me to the persona and smt games, of which I've played and beat at least 10 games and tried another 5 or 10 but didn't finish yet.
Yeah I have to say while I do love P5R and the message of breaking free from you’re fate and pushing forward for a better future, I think P4G message of finding yourself and the truth not only in the murder mysteries but in yourself, truly an amazing game.
You just blew my mind, I just started playing Persona 4 Golden for the first time ever this week and I thought I recognized Yosuke's VA! Can't believe it's Peter Parker himself haha
Remember that Persona 4 was also AS ruthless with the cards as Persona 3. You could Still grab Death, you could grab inversed cards that would make the enemies stronger, it was SUPER HARD to grab them. It was Persona 4 Golden that made the system better. XD
I love jrpgs that have great story , turn based combat that's fun an has a slice of life element. Persona 5 for example is one of my favorites of all time next to the trails of cold steel games . So I can wait to play 4 I've been dying to playing it now I finally have a cheaper way to play it . Wish it got. A physical release. Great video an review as always !!
I love three houses but I do agree. Most of the support backgrounds are still images, when a character has an item they arent holding it (a picture of x item is shown instead), and when theres a dynamic scene like a fight the screen turns black. The characters were written well for me but fell short with execution.
Dude I use to blast the soundtrack in the parking lot back in high school. We would just cruise around blaring it everywhere. I kept the game in my truck for the soundtrack but eventually the door opened when I was moving and the game got destroyed haha I picked it up again later but man that time of my life was so special
It sucks that there isn't a physical copy of P4G on current consoles, also sucks the ps2 copy is expensive too, because this is a game I'd love to have on my shelf
I recently beat Persona 5 Royal and I’m a little over halfway through Persona 3 Reload. I’m already trying to figure out what I’m going to do when I beat P3R. I’m either going to play P4G or Shin Megami Tense 5 Vengeance. I know SMT will probably be harder and be missing the social elements I like in persona games.
P4's True End Route is just hidden behind layers upon layers of choices, it's amazing. I was bummed out that P5 didn't do something similar, but after growing up and replaying P4G, it makes a lot of sense for the True End to be that way, and it wouldn't be fitting for P5 to do something similar. I love these games so much :)
I play it at my 17 years old and i love this game very much, was an beautiful experience, now in my 30s i can say Persona 4 is my favorite Persona and 1 of my favorite games all time.
Baton pass and being able to jump to personas that have skills to target weakness' easy are the two things I miss. But been enjoying p4g, working on my 2nd play through as I forgot to raise Marie social link.
I played this game for the first time because a friend lent me his PSVita telling me to try it. Christmas of 2014 I got a PSVita and Persona 4 Golden and I have logged over 300 hours on it. I recently got my Vita back from a friend that I lent it too and I'm ready to get back into my game. After I played it on my Switch and my PC of course 😌
I played this and P3P back in the day and while I loved it I think I approached it differently or rather how it should have been played, like I got maybe bored just wanting the dungeon crawling / fighting and the story and social element got in the way perhaps 🤔 but.....I bought P3P the other day for Switch and am playing it PROPERLY now haha and plan to buy this asap😊
Oh man, I discovered this game late, I had a PS2 but I didn't play it until I got a copy of Golden on my PSVita, and BOI did it steal away hours of my life, I pulled regular all nighters, expected to wear out the poor handheld. I LOVE this game, the music is all such a vibe I could listen to on repeat, the characters, the story, it is easily in my top 3 games I have ever played, and when it cam to Steam that was an insta buy for me since my Vita is long dead. Persona 4 Golden is a MUST play, it's not a game, its an experience, thankyou for showcasing this gem of a title Matty, you made my day!
@@yeppumm1192 I wish i could, but the battery is pretty much finished on it, after being uncharged and untouched for a very long time. It had a great run though. Pity they where never as popular here in the west as they where in Japan, I thought they where a fantastic system.
Persona 4 is the greatest Persona game! It is how i became a fan! It's better than P5 Royal. And when the day Atlus decides to REMAKE/RELOAD P4 I will be buying on 1st Day! It is still my favorite Game Soundtrack in all of the Persona series! It actually brought tears to me and I actually felt I was part of their cast and friends. TOP 3 BEST RPGS games ever! Replacing Chrono Trigger.
Surprised you left off Johnny Yong Bosch during that bit about how crazy the cast was. I just beat this for the first time, because it was on Game Pass and I’m a big fan of Persona 5. I tried to play this a few times in the past, but never got very far because I’d be busy and too much time would pass between gaming sessions. It has a very slow start to the story and gameplay. But once it gets going, it’s fantastic. I actually prefer the P4 cast over P5 now
i’m really late i started persona 5 royal and wasn’t having any expectations at all besides i need a new story mode game to play and P5R was such a great game, im now playing P4G and later P3, big excited
I played Persona 5 royal during pandemic. And platinumed it. Just finish the game right now on my PSvita and i gotta say. This is way better than P5R. Now imma new game+ this to go for platinum. It's just not time for me to miss Inaba yet 😢
I've known about Persona for years but I had never actually played it, I didn't even knew about the Personas, I just knew that I liked Chie's design, years later, as in, 2 months ago, I saw a friend play through 5 on Discord and I thought "Wow, that was actually pretty good" and since we have our steam libraries shared and he had 4 I decided to play it Even with the outdated dungeon design and the pretty basic JRPG elements, which I really hope they'll improve when the Remake releases (There's no fucking way they DON'T do a Remake of 4), I really loved the game, thing is straight up carried by it's lovely characters and it's story, Kanji is my fucking favourite character in the game he is fucking hilarious and such a sweetheart, December 3rd fucking DESTROYED ME I was staring at the screen in disbelief thinking what was happening was actually my fault cuz I hadn't completed that character's social link yet And the soundtrack, dude, I've been blasting Persona 3, 4 and 5 on my Spotify for weeks now, shit is just so good By the time I finished the game I was so enamored I actually went ahead and bought 3 Reload and even as Elden Ring's DLC came out I didn't even touched it until I actually finished it 4 really needs a Remake and I really wanna see it, cuz while I got no problem playing games that are older, I know that most people nowadays don't and people who played 5 will probably jump into 3 Reload rather than the over 10 years old game, even tho so far it's got my favourite story of the 3
Playing this game in High School was such a highlight. These characters felt like genuine friends, and the game felt like an entire anime worth of content. It was a gaming experience that will never be replicated.
GG
This game really hit at just the right time for a lot of people. It and 3/FES, I'm sure.
@@iisanulquiorrahara8 P3FES was just what the doctor ordered in my case.
Same! When the ending credits rolled, it was amazing yet so bittersweet because it really felt like you were saying goodbye to your best friends.
That’s what OG FFVII was for me growing up
To all experiencing Persona 4 for the first time, Welcome to Inaba.
To all experiencing it again, welcome home.
Beautiful.
W comment
Feels great to be back home ❤
Feels nice to be back
Now I’m thinking of Midsommar lol
The original Persona 4 is not only my comfort game, it practically saved my life when I was in a very dark place. P4G encouraged me to buy a Vita, and apart from a couple voice acting changes, it very much became the definitive version for me.
Glad you're still with us.
@@joejohnson8966 Me too.
Keep on pushing forward, my friend. Life is painful but it’s beautiful to experience a once in a lifetime moment.
Saved me too. Glad to see it helped others as well. 🤜🤛
Same here bro, it's such a special game.
I picked up P4G shortly after beating P5R last October and I KNEW it wouldn’t have the same gameplay and visual quality, BUT, I ended up loving it and I personally loved it more than P5!
I didn't mention this in the video, but I think P4G is better than base P5. P5R was life changing for me tho.
Same bro
Bro, that so true 😂
5 literally just attempts to copy paste p4 with a new story. It doesn't do everything better than 4 and ends up feeling like they tried a bit too hard to do so. 4 feels far more genuine and natural in the end. 4 has better music, it's not even close I won't argue, 5 went way too far with the big band type of tracks that aren't exactly the best. Also characters, 4 has it beat by miles
@@jonathansoko1085 very subjective stuff, saying the music isn't even close is kind of a wild one though tbh. P5r music is fucking fantastic, and definitely comparable in quality. I think as a whole package I prefer it
5r also just has gameplay beat in 4g by a huge amount. I can understand liking 4 more but let's not pretend 5 is "not even close"
P4 ending hit me harder than any of them. That last scene at the train station ruined me. It really was like saying goodbye to my best friends what with the crying and the background music. The post game depression is real.
It wasn't the same in P5. By the time that ended everyone on the team is telling you about their plans to move on. It's like, damn they won't miss Joker like the P4 team missed Yu 😂
THIS.
I have to thank Matty again for getting me into JRPGs. Has was the one whom convinced me to play Persona 5 Royal and I loved it it took me around 110+ hours to complete. Started it back in October and finished it in the first week of January. I started Persona 4 day before yesterday and I'm enjoying it already. Thank you so much, Matty! These games came to me in a time when I needed them the most but you were the one who turned me onto them. Love you, Matty! PEACE!!
Awww. Love to hear that! Enjoy the heck out of Persona 4!!
@@retrorebound8887 yo love your channel and content wondering if theirs a chance of a 100% Lets play or stream series of this game?
I'm following a streamer who started playing P5 in the April of last year, and he's playing it until today, my guy has 182 hours into the game and he just finish Arc 6 (AKA Sae's palace).
Played this after high school when my friendships faded and I was working 70 hours a week a 2 different gas stations. I didn't have much of a social life outside of my gf (now wife). THESE CHARACTERS. My god, so amazing. These were my friends in a time I really needed some. Played it entirely during work LOL. What an experience. My favorite JRPG ever. Still the best Persona IMO.
Great video! I'm trying not to replay P4G with all the games coming out lol
I feel so happy when people love this game as much as I do. This game is so special to me I can't put it into words, like you said when the game was done and the credits rolled I felt like I lost friends and I have never felt that feeling in any game ever again. This game helped me through some tough times ngl, remember you are loved and you do matter :)
My game! My soundtrack! My anime! My everything!!!
INDEED
Even if it’s not your thing you gotta respect the fact that they released it at only $20. They could’ve easily charged us $30 or even $40 with how things are nowadays. Also it’s a super clean update! Smooth 60fps too. Looks great on handheld not to mention on the OLED.
Good point. Shoutout to the OLED. Vita owners know ;)
Atlus is a genius and passionate company after all
@@jamilgonzaga7081 all we need is an actual p3 remake p3p kinda sucked as it’s a point and click
@@jamilgonzaga7081 Considering they disgraced and insulted Persona 3 and its fans for over a decade, "passionate" might not be the most fitting term. Also, Atlus did not make P4Golden Port and neither P3P port.
@@jamilgonzaga7081 you must have been born on a cloud to say that about those greedy bastards
I remember starting persona 4 when I first started college. Still my favorite persona game, and it became one of my favorite series of all time. Resisting the urge to buy this game for the 4th time lol
I still have my original P4 copy on PS2. Good times. The wait for P5 felt like an eternity afterwards, but it was so worth it.
My favorite game of all time, started off with the PS2 and then golden. I’m playing it again, and oh man it’s like being wrapped up in a warm blanket and all I can describe with this is just extreme happiness… I love this game so much
Been playing it before 3 reload comes out and it's a very special game. Absolutely love it
I started it like a week and a half before reload was out, and when it launched I hadn't finished it yet so I couldn't really get into P3, I continued playing P4 until I finished it and I believe it's one of the best games I've played.
Persona 4 Golden was my first Persona game and still my favorite.
I played this on vita release at work in break times and my gamer friends thought it was super weird but were also deeply interested in it and thought it was insane 😂. It’s funny how persona has become pretty much mainstream now. It was a weird game for geeks back in the day.
Haven't even started the video yet, but the answer is YES, this game is the GOAT. It's the first Jrpg I ever played, and really changed my life in a number of positive ways. Can't wait to see you talk about this one, because I know you've mentioned it's one of your all time favorite games. Let's GOOO!
WOOOOO!
This video inspired me to play this game on Xbox over 3 weeks ago and I just finished it. Thank you Matty, this was truly an amazing recommendation. One of the best jrpg’s I’ve played hands down.
I'm playing through this game for the first time right now (my first Persona game too), and I feel like I'm experiencing it at the perfect time in my life. I graduated high school back in May, and I'm in my second semester of college, so it's not exactly the same, but I can really get behind the themes of self acceptance and discovery throughout adolescence. Certainly helps that it's just a fun game in general!
I was originally considering getting P5R as my entry to the series, but I'm glad I waited for Golden to be ported to modern consoles.
That was my first persona and it was so good. Especially in handheld. It was one of my only vita games
Honestly, the simpler fighting mechanics honestly brings this home for me because I felt like with all of the things that you had access to especially by persona 5 Royal even on the hardest difficulty it was a cakewalk I like one or two shot the final boss I'm pretty sure.
Vanilla Persona 5 is harder than Persona 4 in Hard Mode. It was made in response to the strong critique to Persona 4 by hardcore fans in Japan first and in the west later, since the game originally dumbed everything down to make it more accessible compared to Persona 3, one of the most hardcore games ever made.
I started playing persona this year through gamepass thanks to your videos. I started with P5R and absolutely fell in love, to the point that I really believes has changed my life. I played around 80 hours and unfortunately it left gamepass and I wasnt able to finish it. So I decided to start P4G until P3Reload hits gamepass and OMFG!!! At start it was a little difficult to adapt after P5R bur holy damm the story and characters are sooooooo amazing. I truly believe I am falling in love even more with P4G than P5R. So much fun and addictive.
This was my first persona and made me LOVE the series. The premise of a murder mystery in a small town intrigued me. And boy it did not disappoint. The music is SO GOOD too. Atlas just knows how to make good RPGs ❤️
I can't believe you stopped at "that part"! And you're exactly right, even if you stopped the game right there, it's still a great game! I think it was by luck I made the right decisions my first playthrough.
Yeeeeep. I think it's one of the craziest things ever, but only solidified to me how strongly I felt about the game.
Thanks for getting me into this game when it came to steam in 2020. One of my absolute favorite games ever now. Also made me reflect on my own high school experience
I’m hyped to play this but I don’t think I have time this year with everything coming out😂
I made the same mistake. Thankfully it only took me 2 months to realize it. P4G is one of my favorite games of all time. Also the true ending made tear up.
Would love to see you cover Persona 1 and 2 someday. Truly retro but also pretty forgotten by modern persona fans.
Persona 1 made me fall in love with this series!!!!! Sure, none of the others were out yet but still, what an awesome game.
@@paulmiller7838 wow I didn’t even know what this series was until P5 I saw a RUclipsr stream it then my cousin gameshare it with me and the rest is history lol
@@coolchannelize15 You can't really go wrong starting anywhere in this series. They are all amazing games. ^_^
@@paulmiller7838 True they’re good games I already played P5 and P4G and one of the persona Q games on 3ds now playing P3P!
Great video as always Matty! I’ve never thought about it until now for some reason (maybe because this game is so narrative based) but it’d be nice to hear a “spoilers” version of your thoughts on this game as well as others. I’d love to hear what you think about certain characters towards the end of the game, the story, and well, the ending as a whole :)
I honestly feel like playing this game improves my diligence. This game really invigorated my drive to study Japanese and I’m enjoying reexperiencing the game in Japanese this time although I love both dubs.
Saw it was on sale for 11.99 on switch e shop and picked it up. Currently feeling myself becoming obsessed. Such a good feeling to just be getting into a masterpiece. I never thought I could top my excited that I felt for NieR Automata but thankfully this game is filling the void for me 😊
21:31 this is literally the moment im dreading. I'm in January rn on p4g and the tone of the game shifting with the music change (snowflakes) is really hitting home that the journeys almost over, that all these characters I've grown to love are on set time until the protag leaves for spring. Finishing school and hearing the snowflake ost with the text reading "the day you leave for the city draws closer and closer, you should make memories with everyone" really breaks my heart. This is the kind of game i would kill to play again with no prior memories of it.
You convinced me to buy this for the switch and I'm loving it!
Thank you for showing the manual. I wish I had it now finally getting around to playing P4 Golden on Vita. I'm having a hard time keeping up with the enormous amount of things you're supposed to do. The dungeon I'm in (I think it's the second one) is very hard. The enemies jumped in difficulty a lot all of a sudden and I don't understand how I'm supposed to gain exp/levels since there is a time limit on the story. I'm actually feeling anxiety about it instead of enjoying it like everyone says I should be. I hate to look up a guide right at the beginning of the game. Everything else about it is really great like you say in the video. The game is incredibly well written and I don't mind the look and feel of the dungeons. It's really this idea that time is progressing with everything I do and I have to get the dungeon done by a particular day or I'll lose everything I've worked for that I don't understand.
I played this game when I was like 12 and I cried at the ending. Never replaying it again though.
It was the first game of this kind for me and I loved it so much. I even miss it and am sad that its over. I will play Persona 3 and 5 as well
I never really appreciated the music in a game when I was younger but that all changed with Persona 5. That is the best soundtrack in a game I have ever heard and the same is said for Persona 5 Strikers. Years later I find myself jamming to the songs on RUclips. Persona is one of my all time favorite franchises
I love that you go through the manuals..always do that myself/collect them
I played persona 5 and persona 5 Royal on my ps5. Yesterday my steamdeck came in and I couldn’t decide what game to get first. I saw persona 4 golden and just had to give it a try
I just finished the game on Vita, the characters and story are the most charming and endearing I’ve ever experienced ! Playing Dancing right now and the soundtrack slaps incredibly hard, again probably the best soundtrack I’ve heard
My intro to the series was P5 but P4G was the first one I beat. Having it on the vita was so vital to why I beat it before P5. Now P5R is on the switch and I’m close to beating it after so many years of attempting to beat it. The P4G soundtrack absolutely bangs and Heartbeat Heartbreak was my most listened to song last year.
This channel is everything I need
How you’ve described Persona 4 is how I’ve been feeling while playing Persona 5 Royal. (I still haven’t finished it yet but I’m in the true ending content) It makes me excited to experience Persona 4 for the first time!
My wife bought me p4 golden and a ps vita, back then we were just dating. It easily became one of my favorite games. And one of the first signs that she was perfect because she knew me and what I liked
I'm actally super new to Persona, played 5r, strikers, and 4g now. Loved the video and can say that it's def not retro goggles making this game seem amazing. Was a pleasure getting into it
I like Trails of Cold Steel's Social Link system better from a narrative perspective, since the characters lives go on without you, so you don't have stuff like Yusuke's art exhibition being scheduled around whenever you get around to becoming buddies with him.
I do wish that you got enough relationship points to do all the relationship events in one playthrough without needing to be in New Game Plus, though.
I first played this game during covid pandemic, the really fun, or ironic thing was that the pandemic came just when I was on my 2 second year of High School, just as the guys in the game, I felt really immersed in the story, like I was part of it, and it felt like a compensation for not being able to live that year in presence while we were on online classes, one of my favourite games of all time, never wanted to left Inaba, it just hit like no one before…
It changed my life, and how to face up the truth, even if it hurts, this was my entry to the persona series. The persona games are just a type of game that comes to you when you need them, a change a lot your life, givin you different perspectives, I dunno, it’s not just a JRPG, It feels real
P4’s of my all-time favorites. Hard to find a stronger cast in a JRPG. Thanks for covering this!
persona 4 may be my least favorite of the main 3, but it has my favorite cast of characters, Inaba feels like a second home, and it’s the game in the series that makes me the most happy. i loveeee this game
I started with 5 and while I do like a lot of the quality of life changes in that game and the generally flow of combat. The atmosphere and tone of 4 is just the best.
P3 for the Story, P4 for the Characters and P5 for the gameplay. I love them all for different reasons but they're all great. Even the older ones are great.
And P2 for both story and characters
P4G is my favorite game, the plot, the characters, the soundtrack, is truly a masterpiece, even the True ending is a 20/10
Just finished it last night… amazing masterpiece of a JRPG.
Awesome video 👏🏽 Really hope to find the time to play P4G some day. I’ve only completed P5, so still want to play P5R not to mention P3R as well 😅
Started this game again, even the dialogue and response choices feel great to go through. A great game to say the least.
This my first time playing p4g and p3p so I'm looking forward to them. Definitely enjoying it so far
Love your content bro! been following for years! keep rockin!
holy shit this game is incredible. i haven’t completed either of my playthroughs of p5 and p5 royal, but i just started up p4 on a whim and it connected with me so much more than p5. p5 is excellent, but the vibes here just appeal to me more. p4 golden will def go down as one of my favorite games
P4G, day one purchase mang no question! 🎮🔥🇨🇦
He probably threw namatame in the TV
I just finished this game yesterday.
10 out of fucking 10.
The story. The cast. The MUSIC. The gameplay. Everything about this game to me was PERFECT!
HahaHa I laughed out loud when I saw all those versions of Persona 4, like, I have it on PS4 and Steam but I had no idea there were that many versions, even when knowing about the P4 fighting game. I never got into Persona until 5 I admit. I was more of a Kingdom Hearts Final Fantasy kind of fan, and I guess you would think I'd get into this series back then as well but I didn't pick it up til Persona 5, and I do appreciate them doing this so I can go back and play Persona 4 and even 3! Great video man thank you!
There are also the Shin Megami Tensei games if you like persona. I'm also a newer fan and heard about them, they're pretty similar but a bit darker story wise
Many years ago I watched a Playstation Access video. I want into rpgs back then. So I didn't mind a spoiler for this game. It haunts me to this day. I've put off playing it because I know the big bad. Just got it on switch, so hopefully the journey isn't spoiled by the spoiler.
P4 is my favorite game ever, and it introduced me to the persona and smt games, of which I've played and beat at least 10 games and tried another 5 or 10 but didn't finish yet.
Yeah I have to say while I do love P5R and the message of breaking free from you’re fate and pushing forward for a better future, I think P4G message of finding yourself and the truth not only in the murder mysteries but in yourself, truly an amazing game.
Everyday's great at YOUR JU-NES!
The second I saw your shirt I just started singing "Every day's great at your junes!"
You just blew my mind, I just started playing Persona 4 Golden for the first time ever this week and I thought I recognized Yosuke's VA! Can't believe it's Peter Parker himself haha
Remember that Persona 4 was also AS ruthless with the cards as Persona 3.
You could Still grab Death, you could grab inversed cards that would make the enemies stronger, it was SUPER HARD to grab them.
It was Persona 4 Golden that made the system better. XD
I love jrpgs that have great story , turn based combat that's fun an has a slice of life element. Persona 5 for example is one of my favorites of all time next to the trails of cold steel games . So I can wait to play 4 I've been dying to playing it now I finally have a cheaper way to play it . Wish it got. A physical release. Great video an review as always !!
My favourite game of all time, so glad it's more accessible now.
This game will always be special to me. I bought it 3 years ago, it was my first jrpg. I had never played a jrpg before that.
I love three houses but I do agree. Most of the support backgrounds are still images, when a character has an item they arent holding it (a picture of x item is shown instead), and when theres a dynamic scene like a fight the screen turns black. The characters were written well for me but fell short with execution.
Dude I use to blast the soundtrack in the parking lot back in high school. We would just cruise around blaring it everywhere. I kept the game in my truck for the soundtrack but eventually the door opened when I was moving and the game got destroyed haha I picked it up again later but man that time of my life was so special
sir may i see some certification for your banger ?
This game changed my life! Love this game
I miss old game manual and that manual is so aesthetically pleasing
I was living in Japan when this game released. I remember picking up a copy after work and diving into it all weekend.
It sucks that there isn't a physical copy of P4G on current consoles, also sucks the ps2 copy is expensive too, because this is a game I'd love to have on my shelf
I recently beat Persona 5 Royal and I’m a little over halfway through Persona 3 Reload. I’m already trying to figure out what I’m going to do when I beat P3R. I’m either going to play P4G or Shin Megami Tense 5 Vengeance. I know SMT will probably be harder and be missing the social elements I like in persona games.
P4's True End Route is just hidden behind layers upon layers of choices, it's amazing.
I was bummed out that P5 didn't do something similar, but after growing up and replaying P4G, it makes a lot of sense for the True End to be that way, and it wouldn't be fitting for P5 to do something similar. I love these games so much :)
I play it at my 17 years old and i love this game very much, was an beautiful experience, now in my 30s i can say Persona 4 is my favorite Persona and 1 of my favorite games all time.
Baton pass and being able to jump to personas that have skills to target weakness' easy are the two things I miss. But been enjoying p4g, working on my 2nd play through as I forgot to raise Marie social link.
Man, that intro song is a depression ENDER. Always takes me back to when I first experienced this wonderful game
Ayyyy, that's a pretty good Yosuke cosplay for this video.
I played this game for the first time because a friend lent me his PSVita telling me to try it. Christmas of 2014 I got a PSVita and Persona 4 Golden and I have logged over 300 hours on it. I recently got my Vita back from a friend that I lent it too and I'm ready to get back into my game. After I played it on my Switch and my PC of course 😌
Heaven will forever be a bop, every time I was in that dungeon I would just idle there and listen to it
No one talking about Persona 3 Portable 😢
cause it's shit
I played this and P3P back in the day and while I loved it I think I approached it differently or rather how it should have been played, like I got maybe bored just wanting the dungeon crawling / fighting and the story and social element got in the way perhaps 🤔 but.....I bought P3P the other day for Switch and am playing it PROPERLY now haha and plan to buy this asap😊
Oh man, I discovered this game late, I had a PS2 but I didn't play it until I got a copy of Golden on my PSVita, and BOI did it steal away hours of my life, I pulled regular all nighters, expected to wear out the poor handheld. I LOVE this game, the music is all such a vibe I could listen to on repeat, the characters, the story, it is easily in my top 3 games I have ever played, and when it cam to Steam that was an insta buy for me since my Vita is long dead. Persona 4 Golden is a MUST play, it's not a game, its an experience, thankyou for showcasing this gem of a title Matty, you made my day!
You gotta revive your Vita 😭
@@yeppumm1192 I wish i could, but the battery is pretty much finished on it, after being uncharged and untouched for a very long time. It had a great run though. Pity they where never as popular here in the west as they where in Japan, I thought they where a fantastic system.
Persona 4 is the greatest Persona game! It is how i became a fan! It's better than P5 Royal. And when the day Atlus decides to REMAKE/RELOAD P4 I will be buying on 1st Day! It is still my favorite Game Soundtrack in all of the Persona series! It actually brought tears to me and I actually felt I was part of their cast and friends. TOP 3 BEST RPGS games ever! Replacing Chrono Trigger.
Surprised you left off Johnny Yong Bosch during that bit about how crazy the cast was.
I just beat this for the first time, because it was on Game Pass and I’m a big fan of Persona 5. I tried to play this a few times in the past, but never got very far because I’d be busy and too much time would pass between gaming sessions. It has a very slow start to the story and gameplay. But once it gets going, it’s fantastic. I actually prefer the P4 cast over P5 now
LRG is doing/did a run for Persona 4 Golden. Can't wait to get my copy.
i’m really late i started persona 5 royal and wasn’t having any expectations at all besides i need a new story mode game to play and P5R was such a great game, im now playing P4G and later P3, big excited
Having my old Atlus games & merch makes me happy. The “Club Atlus” being defunct sucks though
I just ordered a vita from Japan and this looks to be one of my early games I'm snagging! Excited.
What color ?
The intro to the PS2 version is chefs kiss
I played Persona 5 royal during pandemic. And platinumed it. Just finish the game right now on my PSvita and i gotta say. This is way better than P5R. Now imma new game+ this to go for platinum. It's just not time for me to miss Inaba yet 😢
Now imagine a Reload version of P4G.
I've known about Persona for years but I had never actually played it, I didn't even knew about the Personas, I just knew that I liked Chie's design, years later, as in, 2 months ago, I saw a friend play through 5 on Discord and I thought "Wow, that was actually pretty good" and since we have our steam libraries shared and he had 4 I decided to play it
Even with the outdated dungeon design and the pretty basic JRPG elements, which I really hope they'll improve when the Remake releases (There's no fucking way they DON'T do a Remake of 4), I really loved the game, thing is straight up carried by it's lovely characters and it's story, Kanji is my fucking favourite character in the game he is fucking hilarious and such a sweetheart, December 3rd fucking DESTROYED ME I was staring at the screen in disbelief thinking what was happening was actually my fault cuz I hadn't completed that character's social link yet
And the soundtrack, dude, I've been blasting Persona 3, 4 and 5 on my Spotify for weeks now, shit is just so good
By the time I finished the game I was so enamored I actually went ahead and bought 3 Reload and even as Elden Ring's DLC came out I didn't even touched it until I actually finished it
4 really needs a Remake and I really wanna see it, cuz while I got no problem playing games that are older, I know that most people nowadays don't and people who played 5 will probably jump into 3 Reload rather than the over 10 years old game, even tho so far it's got my favourite story of the 3